http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/pathways-to-problems-event/ News and views from the Drug Education Forum Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:52:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/pathways-to-problems-event/#comment-11992 JSKnow Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:34:17 +0000 http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/?p=1344#comment-11992 Drug prohibition has never worked, from the place of origin to the point of sale there can be up to 17000% markup. People aren’t going to stop dealing when they can get rich selling drugs. We're building 900 new prison beds and hiring 150 more correction officers every two weeks in the USA. We arrest someone on a drug charge every 17 seconds. We jail more people than any nation. We spend $69 billion a year on the drug war. In 1914 when all drugs were legal 1.3% of our population was addicted to drugs, today 1.3% of our population is still addicted to drugs. Over 100,000 people have been killed because of this war on our own citizens. The only way to control drugs is to regulate them and end the profits available to criminals just like ending alcohol prohibition did. No argument justifies devastating society with drug prohibition. Watch the video: Internet Explorer: http://jsknow.angelfire.com/home All other browsers: http://jsknow.angelfire.com Drug prohibition has never worked, from the place of origin to the point of sale there can be up to 17000% markup. People aren’t going to stop dealing when they can get rich selling drugs. We’re building 900 new prison beds and hiring 150 more correction officers every two weeks in the USA. We arrest someone on a drug charge every 17 seconds. We jail more people than any nation. We spend $69 billion a year on the drug war. In 1914 when all drugs were legal 1.3% of our population was addicted to drugs, today 1.3% of our population is still addicted to drugs. Over 100,000 people have been killed because of this war on our own citizens. The only way to control drugs is to regulate them and end the profits available to criminals just like ending alcohol prohibition did. No argument justifies devastating society with drug prohibition. Watch the video:
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]]> http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/pathways-to-problems-event/#comment-11984 Chad Cherry Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:37:23 +0000 http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/?p=1344#comment-11984 The only point that I would like to make about this topic is that alcohol needs to be stressed in drug prevention classes and seminars fr kids. Children these days grow up watching everyone around them in real life and on television drinking alcohol. Alcohol is a drug, the worst one I've ever encountered and I've been around every drug in the book. Why do we promote the hell out of it on television and in life. To me that is like having commercials with people slamming heroin and puking in toilets. I just hope people begin to realize how important explaining to children that alcohol too is a drug and can't be abused just like coke and meth. The only point that I would like to make about this topic is that alcohol needs to be stressed in drug prevention classes and seminars fr kids. Children these days grow up watching everyone around them in real life and on television drinking alcohol. Alcohol is a drug, the worst one I’ve ever encountered and I’ve been around every drug in the book. Why do we promote the hell out of it on television and in life. To me that is like having commercials with people slamming heroin and puking in toilets. I just hope people begin to realize how important explaining to children that alcohol too is a drug and can’t be abused just like coke and meth.

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